Empty Cmd.Path can trigger unintended binary in os/exec on Windows

Description

Code injection in Cmd.Start in os/exec before Go 1.17.11 and Go 1.18.3 allows execution of any binaries in the working directory named either "..com" or "..exe" by calling Cmd.Run, Cmd.Start, Cmd.Output, or Cmd.CombinedOutput when Cmd.Path is unset.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.70% · top 47% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
• CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Go standard library · os/exec

  • affected < 1.17.11
  • affected 1.18.0-0 – < 1.18.3

References (5)

• https://go.dev/cl/403759 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/960ffa98ce73ef2c2060c84c7ac28d37a83f345e (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://go.dev/issue/52574 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/TzIC9-t8Ytg/m/IWz5T6x7AAAJ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0532 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Mar 2026, 17:34 UTC.